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Wild Flag’s “Romance” Will Get You Up And At ‘Em

June 20, 2011

The bicoastal all-star quartet Wild Flag premiered “Romance,” a track from their forthcoming self-titled debut, on WFMU’s “The Cherry Blossom Clinic” over the weekend. And it is awesome; garage-rock stomp combined with the guitar pyrotechnics of Mary Timony and Carrie Brownstein and lyrics about their romance with… music! Plus there’s a hand-clap breakdown to make the dancing that will pair very well with it even more fun. It is so good to hear music that sounds so alive on a sleep-eye-crusted Monday morning. Embed after the jump.

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